Lingayen, Pangasinan — Governor Amado I. Espino,
III has again spearheaded a mass distribution of farm inputs, along with the
awarding of project interventions, under the Philippine Rural Development
Project (PRDP),
to farmers and fisherfolks from the second district of the province.

For the farm inputs, the provincial government shelled out a total of Php15.4
million — of which Php 4 million was allocated for the feeds while Php11.3
million was allocated for the fertilizers.

The project intervention under the PRDP with a total cost of Php4.2 million was
funded by the World Bank (60% — Php 2.5 million): Department of Agriculture
(20% —Php 846 thousand); and the provincial government of Pangasinan (20% —
Php846 thousand).

Governor Espino told the beneficiary farmers and fisherfolks that the
provincial government provides farm inputs for them to recover from their
losses when the province last year was hit by typhoon Ompong last year, coupled
by monsoon rains that wrought damages of various agricultural and fishery
products.

A farmer himself, the governor told the farmers and fisherfolks to be resilient
when mishaps happen in their agricultural or fishery venture, further urging
them to take good care of their health conditions.

“Your gain in your agricultural or fishery venture is the gain of your family,”
he added.

In awarding fishery paraphernalia and equipment under the PRDP, which will be
used by a recipient organization from Labrador for the the implementation of
their fishery venture, Governor Espino asked them to avail of the PRDP by
preparing the documents, and complying with the processes.

A total of 2,814 bags of feeds were distributed to 19 organized groups with
1,994 fish farmers, while 40 organized groups of farmers received 2,000 bags of
fertilizers.